11 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
19708 | Rational internal belief is conviction that a proposition enhances a belief system [Foley, by Vahid] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
8329 | Either causal relations are given in experience, or they are unobserved and theoretical [Sosa/Tooley] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
8324 | The problem is to explain how causal laws and relations connect, and how they link to the world [Sosa/Tooley] |
8328 | Causation isn't energy transfer, because an electron is caused by previous temporal parts [Sosa/Tooley] |
8327 | If direction of causation is just direction of energy transfer, that seems to involve causation [Sosa/Tooley] |
8330 | Are causes sufficient for the event, or necessary, or both? [Sosa/Tooley] |
8325 | The dominant view is that causal laws are prior; a minority say causes can be explained singly [Sosa/Tooley] |